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  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  what I am proud of, is the fact that I've managed to put in these hours ... For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... -six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  during your four years in college, so on to make the most of it ... now... In any case, it's easy to get lost in the details of MIT as a ... a reminder to ask bigger questions--Am I making the most of my time

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  identification.  In reality, most of the confusion is about how to best leverage a ... . In that respect, I appreciate the spotlight that is now shining ... that is both most salient, and most likely to swing an admission decision

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  . Entertainment. The closest major city to my town is St. Louis, which is two hours ... , this deal is too good to pass up. Research. I mentioned one of the ... area, which means you’re bound to find people your age interested in the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  the reality is that we only have a limited amount of care to give in our ... managed to get someone to fill in for the clinician. I was given some ... the toilet. In front of me, next to the door, was a featureless white

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little ... The ironic part about MIT and wanting to share everything that happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  of NYC is in the game. But it looks pretty dang good to me - the world ... summers to catch up on the hobbies that I don't actually partake in at all ... am actually pretty excited to see where they take the story in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stand Back! I'm going to try . . . well, you know the rest.

  

  from the collapsible litter group in 2.009 (that didn't make any sense to ... to do science. In the end, these were the results: Come ... much just going nuts. For our final (9th) lab of the semester, we were

  • by Snively '11
  • December 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not ... . The scary part here is that most people in the class are MBAs, mid ... . We're trying to understand science, tech, design in the context of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  to take part. In addition to the confinement of hours like Gloria noted ... be confused with the homonymous dorm. this is instead referring to a ... convenient for those living in [annotation note='now referring to the dorm

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  into Maseeh Hall, where I awkwardly approached the wrong desk to check-in ... my mom in the beginning saying, “well y’know, I mean, I kinda talked to ... . The largest, and most intensive, portion is during the summer before

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  hard for me to study in the same areas that I slept and lived. I would ... pressure is placed on it, so I will have to wear the boot for the remaining ... back in check. My self esteem is...heavily tied to my skin (for better or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  that tools will appear if the idea is planted in you. Learn about poetry ... equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set ... academics, MIT or Cambridge?" To me, the question is meaningless. My second

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  most important of which is the Great Court. That's the place I head ... reading your applications so much and it came to me about the time I walked ... ...each piece of information in your application folder, is like the piece of a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what we’ve been up to recently a short list about winter break

  

  .  We don’t have time right now to write something too substantial, so in attempt to not fall off the face of the blogs, here is a list, in no ... We haven’t been blogging as much as we’d like to. Senior fall and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  This morning I went in early to image neurons on the confocal ... 't have to explain to all the postdocs what a "blog" is -- but I forgot the ... 's relatively universal is that the receptors are anchored to other proteins

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  is one of the most accessible operas (The Arts Scholars went to see ... ." Why today?  Today is Friday: the most glorious day of the week. I woke ... from MIT to the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. With me were ~25 other MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  contrast to the person that I was projecting on the outside: active in the ... . It goes back to a post I actually wrote during the summer, Alien in ... talking to most of the people I once knew. And whenever I meet anyone new, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  . (Thanks, college!) But to focus on the mostly positive, here are the things ... shower for the first time in months without having to flop around in flip flops. That, and maybe knowing that all the hair in the drain is yours

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  -step calculation: . The latter formula is easier to understand and much more ... smell the aroma? Formal Model: Formally, the answer to that, , is ... problem is way off. Despite the complexity, it fails to provide a reasonable

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016